Where it is found: Marine paracites found on algae and seagrass or decomposing dead plant material.
Slime nets are a group of protists that produce a network of filaments or tubes, which serve as tracks for the cells to glide along and absorb nutrients for them.
These are Labyrinthulomycetes
Kingdom Fungi-A multi celled organism with no chlorophyll that absorbs nutrients.
Scientific name: Phytophthora katsuraeCommon name: Coconut rotFound: In the buds or stems of the coconuts.
This is a picture of the infection the Pyhytophthora katsurae causes in the coconut.
Scientific Name:Glomus deserticola
Found: In the area where plants grow.
This is a picture of Glomus deserticola.
Kingdom Plantae
Plants are multicelled, and they have cell walls and chlorophyll. They use Photosinthesis to make their own food.
An example of Angiosperms is Sea Oats.
Scientific name: UniolapaniculataKnown as seaoats Found further away from the ocean shore.
This is a picture of seaoats on the Ocean shore.
Kingdom: PlantaeDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: LiliopsidaOrder: CyperalesFamily: PoaceaeGenus: Unoliaspecies: paniculataAn example of Fernsis: Java Ferns.Scientific Name: Microsorum pteropusWhere its found: Can live in the water near the shorelines, fish enjoy swimming around it in the shallow water.
this is a picture of Java Ferns.
Kingdom:Plantae Division:Pteridophyta Class:Pteridopsida Order:Polypodiales Family:Polypodiaceae Genus:Microsorum Species:pteropus An example of Gymnosperm is: King Sago Palm. Scientific name: Cycas revoluta
Where it is found: King Sago Palm is a plant native to Southern Japan. It grows in warm, subtropical
regions like the beach of the ocean shore.
An example of Moss is: Dry rock mossScientific Name: Grimmia hedw.Where its found: Dry rock moss is found growing on rocks along the ocean shore and on the beach.
An example of Horsetails is Water Horsetail.Scientific name: Equisetum fluviatileWhere it is found: Water horsetails commonly grow in dense colonies along shorelines or in shallow water
This is a picture of a water horsetail.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
species: fluviatile
An example of liverworts is a tropical liverwort.
Scientific name: Dumortierahirsuta
Where it is found: Tropical liverworts are large liverworts usually found in humid areas, often close to water like the seashore. It can grow on wet rocks or soil near the ocean shore.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Cephalaspidomorphi Order Petromyzontiformes Family Petromyzontidae Genus Lampetra Speciesfluviatilis They get nutrients by sucking other animal’s blood. They swim around the reef and ocean. www.animalpicturesarchive.com/.../1186849615.jpg
Scientific name: Ardea herodias
Where its Found:
The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, including Alaska, British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The range extends south through Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. Great Blue Herons can be found in a range of habitats, in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines, but they always live near bodies of water. Generally, they nest in trees or bushes near a body of water.
Mollusks
Common Octopus
Scientific Name: Octopus vulgaris
Where it lives:Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa. It also occurs off the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands.[
Diet: They prey on crabs, crayfish, and mollusks, and will sometimes use their ink to disorient their victims before attacking.
They are found on the coast of the Atlantic ocean.
Kingdom Anamalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Nephropidae
Genus Homarus
Species americanus
Northern Krill
This is krill.
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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Order Euphausiacea Family Euphausiidae Genus Meganyctiphanes Species norvegica Eat: ZooPlankton Live in almost every ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krill
Coelenterates
Jellyfish: Pacific Sea Nettle
Scientific Name: Chrysaora fuscescens
Where it lives: Sea nettles are common visitors to California and Oregon nearshore waters, and may be found from Mexico to British Columbia.
Diet: Prey include a wide variety of zooplankton - crustaceans, salps, pelagic snails, comb jellies, fish eggs and larvae, and other jellies.
Kindom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Class Hydrozoa Order Siphonophora Family Physaliidae Genus Physalia Species physalis They eat menhaden fish, and many other small fish. They drift around and sometimes float to shore and bury themselves into the sand pointing their stingers up waiting for their prey. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Physalia_physalis.html Mollusks
Carribean Reef Squid
Scientific name:Sepioteuthis sepioidea),
Found through the carribean sea and off the coast of Florida.
Kindom Anamalia
Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Perciformes Family Stromateidae
Genus Pampus
Species argenteus
Silver Pomfrets live in coastal waters off the Americas, Western Africa and the Indo-Pacific Region.
Eat Plankton
Mackeral
Scomber scombrus
A school of mackeral.
Live by shores and in rock pools(a pool surrounded by rock).
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Family Scombridae
Genus Scomber
Species scombrus http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=118
Mollusks:
california sea slug
scientific nameAplysia californica
lives in mexico and california on seaweed in shallow water.
eats red and brown seaweed.
scientific name: Chelonia mydas
lives in subtropic, tropic seas all around world. two distinct populaitons in atlantic and pacific oceans.
Eat sea grasses and algaea.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Family Lacertidae Genus Lacerta Species agilis They eatinsects. They live on the sand dunes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Lizards
Scientific name:Echinothrix calamaris
Where it lives:It is found in the Indo-Pacific region, on back reefs
Diet: Its main diet is algaea but some adults eat invertibrates.
Sea Urchin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Diadematoida
Family Diadematida
Genus Echinothrix
Species calamaris
Sponges:
Glove Sponge
This is a
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera Class Demospongiae Order Dictyoceratina Family Spongidal Genus Spongia Species officinalis
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Plathelminthes Class Turbellaria Order Polycladida Family Euryleptidae Genus Prostheceraeaus Species vittatus They eat sea squirts Live at the bottom of the seashore. http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Additional%20Species/Candy%20stripe%20flatworm.jpg.html Persian Carpet Flatworm
Scientific Name: Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Where it lives: Found normally in bay, lagoon or in the back reef in the Indo-Pacific region.
Diet: Fast crawling, it feeds on ascidians (Ascidiacea) or on small crustaceans that can swallow.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura Family Hylidae Genus Pseudacris Species regilla
These Frogs eat a wide variety of insects. They roam around the coast of california. Segmented Worms: Bearded Fire worms
Hemodice carunculata
This is the bearded Fireworm.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Annelida Class Polychaeta Order Palpata Family Amphinomidae Genus Hemodice Species carunculata They live on the floor of the seashore. They eat loose rock fragments coral and anemones Decomposer http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/seashore/text/126.htm Feather Duster Worm Eudistylia vancouveri Kingdom Animalia Phylum Annelida Class Polychaeta Order Canalipalpata Family Sabellidae Genus Eudistylia Species vancouveri
They Prefer shallow areas.
They are decomposers so they eat dead or decaying matter.
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Kingdom Monerans--
They are singled celled and have no nucleus.
BacteriaScientific Name: Micrococcus lysodeikticus Where it is found: Is a bacteria found in the diseases that blue crabs get.
Bacteria
Scientific Name: Campylobacter jejuni
Where it is found: It is found in clams and oysters.
Campylobacter is increasing in clams and oysters. They get this bacteria by filter feeding around sewage areas.
Kingdom Protist--
They have a nucleus and organelles and most of them are single celled
Giant Kelp
Scientific Name: Macrocystis pyrifera
Where it is found: Giant Kelp grows in the water along the ocean shore.
Fungus-like protist: Slime Nets
Scientific Name: Labyrinthulomycetes chromalveolate
Where it is found: Marine paracites found on algae and seagrass or decomposing dead plant material.
Slime nets are a group of protists that produce a network of filaments or tubes, which serve as tracks for the cells to glide along and absorb nutrients for them.
Kingdom Fungi- A multi celled organism with no chlorophyll that absorbs nutrients.
Scientific name: Phytophthora katsurae Common name: Coconut rot Found: In the buds or stems of the coconuts.
Scientific Name:Glomus deserticola
Found: In the area where plants grow.
Kingdom Plantae
Plants are multicelled, and they have cell walls and chlorophyll. They use Photosinthesis to make their own food.
An example of Angiosperms is Sea Oats.
Scientific name: Uniola paniculata Known as seaoats Found further away from the ocean shore.
This is a picture of seaoats on the Ocean shore.
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Cyperales Family: Poaceae Genus: Unolia species: paniculata An example of Ferns is: Java Ferns. Scientific Name: Microsorum pteropusWhere its found: Can live in the water near the shorelines, fish enjoy swimming around it in the shallow water.
this is a picture of Java Ferns.
Kingdom: PlantaeDivision: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microsorum
Species: pteropus
An example of Gymnosperm is: King Sago Palm.
Scientific name: Cycas revoluta
Where it is found: King Sago Palm is a plant native to Southern Japan. It grows in warm, subtropical
regions like the beach of the ocean shore.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Cycadophyta Class: Cycadopsida Order: Cycadales Family: Cycadaceae
Genus: Cycas species: revoluta
An example of Moss is: Dry rock mossScientific Name: Grimmia hedw.Where its found: Dry rock moss is found growing on rocks along the ocean shore and on the beach.
Kingdom: PlantsDivision: BryophytaClass: BryopsidaOrder: GrimmialesFamily: GrimmiaceaeGenus: Grimmiaspecies: affinis
An example of Horsetails is Water Horsetail. Scientific name: Equisetum fluviatileWhere it is found: Water horsetails commonly grow in dense colonies along shorelines or in shallow water
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
species: fluviatile
An example of liverworts is a tropical liverwort.
Scientific name: Dumortiera hirsuta
Where it is found: Tropical liverworts are large liverworts usually found in humid areas, often close to water like the seashore. It can grow on wet rocks or soil near the ocean shore.
Kingdom-Plantae
Division-HepaticophytaClass-Hepaticopsida
Order-Marchantiales
Family-Marchantiaceae
Genus-Dumortiera
species-hirsuta
An example of hornworts is: The Carolina Hornwort
Found very close to the ocean.
Scientific name: Phaeoceros carolinianus
Kingdom-Plantae
Division-Anthocerotophyta
Class-Anthocerotopsida
Order-Anthocerotales
Family-Anthocerotaceae
Genus-Phaeoceros
species-carolinianus
Kingdom Animalia
Secondary Carnivores (Secondary Consumers) Cartilage Fish:
White tip reefshark spends time swimming on reefs near shore.
Eats small fish, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp.
http://www.sharky-jones.com/Sharkyjones/Slow/what%20page/Whatmain2.html
Thorntail stingray
Scientific name:Dasyatis thetidis
Where its found:around reefs in the Indian Ocean, and around southern Australia, and New Zealand,
Diet:Generally found on soft bottoms and feeds on crabs, mantis shrimps, bivalves, polychaetes and conger eels.
Broad Skate
Scientific name: Amblyraja badia
Where it lives: It is sporadically distributed in the Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of Panama to British Columbia
Diet: Broad skates feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, and small bony fishes
Jawless Fish:
Gulf hagfish lives in gulf of mexico and mediterranean sea. lives in very high salt content water. It eats marine worms and invertibrates.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptatretus_springeri
Jawless Fish:
Sea Lamprey
Lampertra fluviatilis
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Cephalaspidomorphi
Order Petromyzontiformes
Family Petromyzontidae
Genus Lampetra
Species fluviatilis
They get nutrients by sucking other animal’s blood.
They swim around the reef and ocean.
www.animalpicturesarchive.com/.../1186849615.jpg
Birds:
Seagulls- Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
Its found on the west coasts of US.
At sea they take fish and invertebrates like krill, squid and jellyfish. They cannot dive, and feed exclusively on the surface. On land they will feed on seal and sea lion carcasses, as well as cockles, limpets and snails in the intertidal zone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Gull
Great Blue Heron
Scientific name: Ardea herodias
Where its Found:
The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, including Alaska, British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The range extends south through Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. Great Blue Herons can be found in a range of habitats, in fresh and saltwater marshes, mangrove swamps, flooded meadows, lake edges, or shorelines, but they always live near bodies of water. Generally, they nest in trees or bushes near a body of water.
Diet:The primary food for Great Blue Heron is small fish, though they are also known to eat shellfish, insects, rodents, amphibians, reptiles, and small birds
Mammals:
Sea Otter
scientific name: Enhydra lutris
Found on the coasts of northern and eastern north pacific ocean.
California Sea Lion
Scientific name:Zalophus californianus
Whre its found:Coasts of the northern Pacific Ocean
Diet: Commonly eaten fish and squid species include salmon, hake, Pacific whiting, anchovies, herring, schooling fish, rock fish, lamprey, dog fish, and market squid.
Mollusks
Common Octopus
Scientific Name: Octopus vulgaris
Where it lives:Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa. It also occurs off the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands.[
Diet: They prey on crabs, crayfish, and mollusks, and will sometimes use their ink to disorient their victims before attacking.
Primary Carnivores
Arthropods:
American lobsterThey are found on the coast of the Atlantic ocean.
Kingdom Anamalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Nephropidae
Genus Homarus
Species americanus
Northern Krill
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Euphausiacea
Family Euphausiidae
Genus Meganyctiphanes
Species norvegica
Eat: ZooPlankton
Live in almost every ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krill
Coelenterates
Jellyfish: Pacific Sea Nettle
Scientific Name: Chrysaora fuscescens
Where it lives: Sea nettles are common visitors to California and Oregon nearshore waters, and may be found from Mexico to British Columbia.
Diet: Prey include a wide variety of zooplankton - crustaceans, salps, pelagic snails, comb jellies, fish eggs and larvae, and other jellies.
Man-of-War
Physalia physalis
Kindom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa
Order Siphonophora
Family Physaliidae
Genus Physalia
Species physalis
They eat menhaden fish, and many other small fish.
They drift around and sometimes float to shore and bury themselves into the sand pointing their stingers up waiting for their prey.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Physalia_physalis.html
Mollusks
Carribean Reef Squid
Scientific name:Sepioteuthis sepioidea),
Found through the carribean sea and off the coast of Florida.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Teuthida
Family Loliginidae
Genus Sepioteusthis
Species sepioidea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Reef_Squid
Herbivores(Primary Consumers)
Bony Fish:
Silver Pomfret
http://www.indiafoodco.com/bony_fishes.html
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=172572http://www.thejump.net/id/silver-pomfret.htm
Kindom Anamalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Stromateidae
Genus Pampus
Species argenteus
Silver Pomfrets live in coastal waters off the Americas, Western Africa and the Indo-Pacific Region.
Eat Plankton
Mackeral
Scomber scombrusLive by shores and in rock pools(a pool surrounded by rock).
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Family Scombridae
Genus Scomber
Species scombrus
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=118
Mollusks:
california sea slug
scientific name Aplysia californicalives in mexico and california on seaweed in shallow water.
eats red and brown seaweed.
Reptiles:
Sea turtles- Green sea turtle
scientific name: Chelonia mydas
lives in subtropic, tropic seas all around world. two distinct populaitons in atlantic and pacific oceans.
Eat sea grasses and algaea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplysia_californica
Sand Lizard
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Lacertidae
Genus Lacerta
Species agilis
They eat insects.
They live on the sand dunes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Lizards
Echinoderms:
Bat Star
Live in Southern California near the shore lines.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
Genus Asterina
Species miniata
http://www.scubapost.net/fieldguide/bat-star
http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Echinodermata/Class%20Asteroidea/Asterina_miniata.html
Echinoderms double spined urchin
Scientific name:Echinothrix calamaris
Where it lives:It is found in the Indo-Pacific region, on back reefs
Diet: Its main diet is algaea but some adults eat invertibrates.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Order Diadematoida
Family Diadematida
Genus Echinothrix
Species calamaris
Sponges:
Glove Sponge
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Porifera
Class Demospongiae
Order Dictyoceratina
Family Spongidal
Genus Spongia
Species officinalis
Live on dead coral.
They eat plankton.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Spongia_officinalis.html
Snakelocks
Kingdom AnimaliaPhylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Actiniaria
Family Actiniidae
Genus Anemonia
Species virdis
Eat plankton
Live on rocks in the ocean.
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Snakelok.htm
http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Spp%20Classification.htm
Omnivores
Flatworms:
Candy Stripe Flatworm
Prostheceraeus vittatus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Plathelminthes
Class Turbellaria
Order Polycladida
Family Euryleptidae
Genus Prostheceraeaus
Species vittatus
They eat sea squirts
Live at the bottom of the seashore.
http://www.theseashore.org.uk/theseashore/SpeciesPages/Additional%20Species/Candy%20stripe%20flatworm.jpg.html
Persian Carpet Flatworm
Scientific Name: Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Where it lives: Found normally in bay, lagoon or in the back reef in the Indo-Pacific region.
Diet: Fast crawling, it feeds on ascidians (Ascidiacea) or on small crustaceans that can swallow.
http://www.seadb.univpm.it/en_Flatworms-Platyhelminthes_62.htm
Amphibians:
The Slender Salamander
Bartrachoseps pacificus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Amphibia
Order Caudata
Family Plethodontidae
Genus Bartrachoseps
Species pacificus
They scurry around the shores near forest so they can hide when predators approach.
They eat earthworms, slugs, snails, sow bugs, millipedes, mites, spiders, and small insects.
http://www.californiaherps.com/salamanders/pages/b.pacificus.html#alternatenames
Pacific Tree FrogPseudacris regilla
Kingdom AnimaliaPhylum Chordata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Hylidae
Genus Pseudacris
Species regilla
These Frogs eat a wide variety of insects. They roam around the coast of california. Segmented Worms: Bearded Fire worms
Hemodice carunculata
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Palpata
Family Amphinomidae
Genus Hemodice
Species carunculata
They live on the floor of the seashore.
They eat loose rock fragments coral and anemones
Decomposer
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/seashore/text/126.htm
Feather Duster Worm
Eudistylia vancouveri
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Canalipalpata
Family Sabellidae
Genus Eudistylia
Species vancouveri
They Prefer shallow areas.
They are decomposers so they eat dead or decaying matter.